"Li An, are you okay?"
Li An answered weakly, "I'm fine."
His voice was so weak that Yu Zhen worried he might drop dead the next second.
"Hold on a little longer. I've already notified Third Master. He should be here soon."
"Mm."
As the two spoke, chaotic footsteps sounded nearby, followed by voices.
"Did you see them?"
"No. Go check over there! You lot, go that way!"
"Yes!"
Damn it! It was those people!
Yu Zhen's heart clenched. She had not expected them to catch up so quickly.
She looked around, searching for somewhere to hide.
This was at the border between the Old City District and the New District. Li An had gotten into an accident on his way to find Bo Yanqi and fallen into the City-Encircling River.
The place where the accident had happened was fairly close to the Old City District.
Yu Zhen was not sure whether the people hunting Li An were from the Old City District, so just to be safe, she had not dared take Li An there.
What if the people from the Old City District really wanted Li An dead? Wouldn't that be walking straight into a trap?
But between her and Li An, they only had four legs, and Li An's two legs were practically crippled.
No matter how hard they tried to hide, they had not managed to get very far.
Especially on the first day, when Li An had been more or less unconscious.
So after running around for half a day, the two of them had really done little more than circle the surrounding area.
The sounds by her ears drew closer and closer. Yu Zhen's heartbeat accelerated as her eyes searched everywhere for a place to take cover.
Yet the more anxious one became at